Interface (magazine)

Interface is a game magazine published by Prometheus Press between 1990 and 1992 that was licensed to publish articles about R. Talsorian Games's dystopian near-future role-playing game Cyberpunk.

Publication history

In 1990, three dedicated fans of Cyberpunk who lived in Alameda, California — Kevin DeAntonio, Chris Hockabout, and Thaddeus Howze — approached R. Talsorian Games about producing an independent magazine about the game. R. Talsorian agreed to license them,^[1] and the three formed Prometheus Press to publish their fanzine Interface. Each issue featured a full-color cover and black & white interior.

Six issues of the magazine were published between 1990 and 1992.^[2]

Index of articles

Volume 1, #1: Keeping the Peace

(44 pages.)

NuCyber, NuTech, NuMed: New cybernetic implants, new gear, new medicine.
Walking the Beat in Night City
LawTech Unlimited: New law enforcement armor, weapons, and gear.
Design and augmentation rules for Robohounds (mechatronic K9 units).
Police Profile: The Givers of Pain
Inmate Penal Corps
Corporate Review: Ocean Technology & Energy Corp (OTEC)
Altered States 1: New Drugs
Cyber-Reviews: Street Lethal by Steven Barnes; Vacuum Flowers by Michael Swanwick.

Volume 1, #2 (1991)

(48 pages. Cover art by Chris Hockabout.)

- NuCyber, NuTech: New cybernetic hand and leg implants; new gear
- New Skills: Skating / Skateboarding, Electronic Counter-Measures, Cadre Tactics
- "Getting Along": Roleplaying COOL and EMPATHY attributes in Cyberpunk (Peter Christian)
- "Your Money or Your Life": Wages in Cyberpunk (Justin Schmid)
- Police Profiles: Ripperdocs
- Hardware Closeup: The OTEC SEV-1 stealth hovercraft.
- Subordinate/Alternate Character Classes 1
- Cyber-Reviews: Batman: Digital Justice by Pepe Moreno; Hardware, RoboCop 2, Total Recall (1990).

Volume 1, #3 (1991)

(56 pages. Cover art by Mike Ebert.)

NuCyber, NuWare: New cybernetics; New Cyberdeck programs
Government Profile: New Antarctican Collective
Corporate Review: Revolution Genetics Inc
New Service Organization: Troubleshooter Cabs.
Artificial Intelligence 1: AIs in Cyberpunk RPGs
Altered States: New drugs
NuScience: Skinmask pollution filter, Vend-a-Mod chip vending machine
Fashion: NewLook faux cybernetics.
"Interview With a Predator": Q&A with Colonel "Butch" Schaffer IPC, commander of the "Predators" Centron
"What's that up ahead?": Random driving encounters in Cyberpunk 2020.
Subordinate/Alternate Character Classes 2:
- Solo subtypes (Military Op, Corporate Op, Cyber-Soldier, Bodyguard, Bounty Hunter, Street Samurai).
- Netrunner subtype (Rogue AI Hunter).
Cyber-Reviews: ME: A Novel of Self-Discovery by Thomas T. Thomas; Akira, Trancers.

Volume 1, #4 (1991)

(56 pages.)

"Nomad Chronicles": Nomad characters; types of Nomad Packs.
Corporate Review: Consolidated Agriculture
Artificial Intelligence 2: "Dragons and Dragonslayers" Rogue AIs and Rogue Hunter NPCs.
"Night City Blues" Fiction by Chris Hockabout
"To Bear Arms" How to Manage Weapons and Armor in Cyberpunk 2020
Subordinate/Alternate Character Classes 3
Cyber-Reviews: Trancers 2, Class of 1999, Moon 44, Bladerunner: The Director's Cut (1991), Highlander II: The Quickening

Volume 2, #1 (1992)

(56 pages, cover art by Tom Shaw)

OmniEye Interviewer's Camera
Tenaka Sanyo Portable Editing Lab
Exotech Remote Surveillance
Live-Feed Cyberoptic Option
Medusa 2000
Just the Fax, Ma'am
Electric Nightmares
Reporter Profiles: Clarise DeWinter
Reporter Profiles: Edward "Flash" Leudowski
Reporter Profiles: Zaphial "Argus" Keyes
Facing the Consequences
Talk Hard!
A job with ATTITUDE
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Mann and Machine
The Lawnmower Man
Night's Edge

Volume 2, #2 (1992)

(68 pages. Cover art by Tom Shaw)

NuCyberware and Ectotechnology
Cults - Hope and Horrors
Call of Cthulhu–Cyberpunk Conversion Rules
Cult Profiles
Scenarios: "Transference" and "A Policy of Pain"
Data Sampling

Reception

In the September 1992 edition of Dragon (#185), Allen Varney reviewed the third issue of the magazine, and while he called one article "meaty", he noted that most of the magazine "falls distinctly below the median [...] Even the good articles could stand more pizazz, and the editorial style needs a lot more polish." Despite this, he concluded "this fan magazine offers remarkable value for the dedicated Cyberpunk referee."^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Varney, Allen (September 1992). "Roleplaying Reviews". Dragon. No. 185. TSR, Inc. p. 86.
^ "Interface | Periodical | RPGGeek". rpggeek.com.

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[dragon185-1] Varney, Allen (September 1992). "Roleplaying Reviews". Dragon. No. 185. TSR, Inc. p. 86.

[2] "Interface | Periodical | RPGGeek". rpggeek.com.

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